Chrome os articles

Samsung’s Chromebook 2 drew lots of attention when it launched earlier this year but as with any product, there’s always room for attention. Such is the case here as Sammy has unveiled a revised version of its 11.6-inch notebook alternative…

Chromebooks are great for basic Internet tasks like web browsing, social networking and sending / receiving e-mail but the one major drawback to the Windows alternative is they can’t run true desktop-class software.

PC sales numbers for the 10 week back-to-school period (July 4th through Labor Day weekend) are now in, showing nearly 3% growth after a decline of around 2.5% last year. According to NDP, the growth was attributed to mainly Apple…

Support for Android apps on Chromebooks has finally arrived. After making the announcement during Google I/O in June, the first Android apps for Chrome OS are now available to download – there just aren’t very many of them yet.
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Toshiba is looking to pick up where it left off with its first Chromebook offering. The aptly named Chromebook 2 may not look all that different from the original at first glance but dig deeper and you’ll find a number…

On an absolute basis, one device is clearly better than the other; but the expectations for what a Chromebook is supposed to do is so much lower that, relatively, Acer's C720 Chromebook feels like a better device than it really is. Asus' popular T100 budget hybrid, on the other hand, gets compared to other Windows laptops (or the iPad Air) and doesn't look as good in the comparison.

As Chromebooks’ popularity continues on the rise Acer has unveiled a new 13-inch model featuring a full HD display and the promise of up to 13 hours battery life. Based on Nvidia’s quad-core Tegra K1 chip, the Chromebook 13 will…

Microsoft has unveiled Project Adam, its new artificial intelligence that it claims is 50 times faster than comparable state-of-the-art systems deployed by the likes of Google. Adam can look at an image of almost anything and tell you exactly what...

HP is preparing to launch an Android-based notebook called the Slate 14. Unlike some of the hybrid implementations we’ve already seen, this system is poised to be one of just a few full-fledged Android-based notebooks to hit the market.

Microsoft’s recent marketing efforts have focused on how Chromebooks are not real laptops because they don’t have Windows or Office, how they are supposedly useless when offline, and how they just make it easier for Google to capture your personal…

Chromebooks are slowly gaining traction among consumers as most of the average user’s computing activities can be done through a web browser nowadays. But making strides into the business world poses different challenges as companies depend on legacy software and…

Chrome OS has pretty much been limited to laptops up to this point but that’ll soon be changing thanks to devices like the one Asus recently revealed. Known as the Asus Chromebox, it’s a small form factor desktop machine powered…

Google announced Tuesday the release of Chrome 32 for Windows, Linux and Mac. It's one of the biggest updates to the browser in recent times. Apart from security fixes, and stability and performance updates, the new version brings along many…

LG is joining the small but growing list of companies offering Chrome OS devices. Rather than going with an inexpensive Chromebook laptop like most of its peers, however, the company is putting Google’s cloud-centric operating system into a 21.5-inch all-in-one…

Acer on Tuesday announced the C720P Chromebook, the industry’s first touchscreen Chromebook. As you’d expect, the screen supports common gestures including swipe, tap and pinch to zoom as part of a hands-on approach when interacting with Chrome OS.
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Google is working on Chromebooks based on high performance ARM SoCs and Intel's Bay Trail technology, according to recently surfaced Chrome OS source code. Some reports are suggesting that Google is pushing its OEMs to create Chromebooks with ARM technology, but…

LG has created Android devices over the past while, and now it looks as though it may be teaming up with Google for another kind of product. A report from TMWatch points at LG and Google getting together to produce…

Google and HP have added a new member to the Chromebook family. Announced at an event in New York City this morning, the HP Chromebook 11 takes a few design cues from the Chromebook Pixel but at a much more…

Google has pushed out a new version of its browser onto the developer channel, and with it we’re getting an interesting glimpse at the company’s next move to bring its Chrome-based operating system to a wider audience. Essentially, launching the…

Google has quietly launched its Chrome App Launcher for Windows. Originally built for Chrome OS in an effort to replicate some of the taskbar or dock functionality in traditional desktop operating systems, the software acts as a hub for all…

Despite the ostensibly small niche Chromebooks occupy, a recent rumor suggests another wave of Chrome-inspired laptops are on the way anyhow. The bulk of those upcoming models are expected to arrive during the second half of 2013 with a growing number of manufacturers…

Andy Rubin has decided to step down as the head of Google’s Android division. He will be handing the reins over to Sundar Pichai who will take over Android in addition to his work with Chrome and Apps, according to…